Darren Stehle
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Personal Training, Thai Yoga Massage and Nutrition Expert

Darren Stehle Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Personal Training, Thai Yoga Massage, Nutrition, Writing
- Career Focus
- Author
- Affiliation
- Adelaide Club Toronto, USANA, King Sports International
No theories or trends; just a hands-on, Integrated Fitness approach that works.
Darren has a diverse background in education and work experience. He’s traveled extensively, loves reading, and is constantly learning and developing new skills.
Darren started personal training in 2001. He was privately mentored by internationally renown, Olympic and Commonwealth Physical Preparation Coach, Ian King (King Sports International, 2003-2007).
With his chef-training background, Darren also advises on meal planning, teaches meal preparation and cooking, and utilizes the Precision Nutrition Coaching Program to guide clients through the process of optimal nutrition.
In 2010, Darren began studying Thai Yoga Massage. Thai massage has been described as passive yoga. The healing techniques of Thai massage embrace the four states of mind: loving kindness, compassion, joy and balance.
These extensive professional development programs have taught Darren an holistic approach to training and life, and how to respond to the client’s needs, lifestyle, goals, conce s and feelings.
Darren’s approach is truly unique in fitness coaching. His work involves a higher level of awareness resulting from both experience and understanding that the ego has no place in the process. Your goals and your successes are your own; Darren’s role is to coach you to that place, and to bring out of you what you already possess and to coach you to excellence.
Darren is the author of “Flex Your Mind” and “7 Top Nutrition Tips” and has published numerous articles on mindset, fitness and nutrition.
Education of note
- King Sports International Level 3 Coach (2003 to 2007)
- CPTN Certification (Mar 2001)
- Chef school George Brown College 1987
- University and Graduate School 1987-1994
Services Offered
- Strength & Flexibility Training
- Assisted Stretching Techniques
- Injury Rehabilitation Programming
- Sports & Athletic Performance
- Weight Loss, Body Sculpting, Nutrition & Meal Planning
- Accountability
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To crunch or not to crunch
When you hit the gym, what’s your routine? Do you have one? Is it written down and do you track what you do so you can measure your progress? And here’s the big one: when do you do you abs; before or after your ‘workout’? And what do you do for your abs? If you watch TV, ...
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The Big Fitness Picture
What are your fitness goals? If your goal is to loose body fat, tone up or gain lean muscle, have you ever found yourself looking in the mirror and wondering, “Why haven’t I got the body I want?” You swear you’ve been doing everything your trainer told you to do. ...
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Live Life According to Your Values
What are your values for life? Just to get things started, here are my current top values and passions: 1. In a Loving Partnershipn2. Joyful and at peace 3. Financially free and secure 4. Deep and meaningful friendships 5. World travel 6. A published write 7. In excellent fitness and health 8. ...
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The Art of Losing
There are at least two ways of understanding ‘losing’: 1. From a competitive viewpoint 2. From a creative viewpoint When losing is viewed in the world of competition, only the winner benefits; the winner gets the scholarship, the cash, the medals, the corporate sponsorship, and the ...
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Procrastination
The root of procrastination is ultimately based upon fear. Procrastination may manifest in many types of fear, for example: a need for perfection, which is the fear of not being good enough or not being worthy. We may seek perfection in the sense of always getting ready to get ready, the need to ...
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Balancing 'Act' on a Board
You’ve seen them in the gym, you’ve seen them at stores that sell fitness equipment. I’m referring to balance boards, Bosu balls, wobble boards, stability balls, rotating discs, and the multitude of variations on the theme of ‘balance’. Are these gadgets simply gimmicks; a trend offering great ...
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Physical Communication
In our world of hyper communication, it would appear that the written and spoken word is the dominant form of communication. In fact, far more is communicated on the physical level of body language than any other form of communication. For example, most research breaks down the relative power of ...
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The Tao of Fitness
Have you found yourself at the gym suddenly wondering, ‘Why the heck am I doing this?’ For whatever reason you question your motivations and reasons for working out. It’s important and valuable to ask yourself this type of question, not just for working out, but for all things in life. This is ...
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Proud Body Program. Introduction: Getting In Shape For Summer
With spring around the corner, the anticipation of summer is close at hand. I know my thoughts keep wandering to walking barefoot on the sand and sun tanning at Hanlan's Point on Toronto Island. Summer is a great time for vacations, going to the cottage, enjoying a meal on a patio and hitting the beach on the weekend. But for many people this is not a happy time if they are conce ed about the shape of their body or the extra body fat they want to lose. I know some people who wouldn't be caught dead taking their shirt off in public.
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Proud Body Program, Part 2: Posture
In my last article I introduced you to the "Proud Body Program". I discussed some general concepts and suggested some homework to help you get started. In this next installment I’m going to discuss another aspect of physical health, your Body Mechanics or how well your body moves. Your body is a kinetic chain. An injury of the foot could result in neck pain. Tightness in one muscle could be the result of shortness in another. Your body needs to be in healthy working order for the sum of all the parts to work together with ease and in harmony.
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Getting My First Tattoo
On Sunday, January 8th, 2012 I drove out to Fergus, Ontario, to get inked.
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How Gay Volleyball Has Helped Me Grow. A very personal post.
December 18th, 2011, was the playoffs for my gay volleyball team. We were 8th place in B-pool. We were playing against very good teams and the team's energy was something between excitement, fun, and nervousness. I wanted to play well and have fun, but yes I was feeling competitive and wanted to do my best. Leaving the change room to go warmup, one of my teammates was just arriving. “Ready to lose?” he said. ‘No’, I said. “I’m ready to win Gold!”
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Contacting Darren Stehle
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Email: darren.stehle@gmail.com
Twitter: @darrenstehle
Facebook: Integrated Fitness
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